Research Article

Four-Impulsive Rendezvous Maneuvers for Spacecrafts in Circular Orbits Using Genetic Algorithms

Table 1

Rendezvous between coplanar circular orbits showing the values of the Δ 𝑉 for each burn and the total expenditure ( Δ 𝑉 𝑇 ) . The results for the Hohmann are included for comparison.

𝑛 SimulationCost using the genetic algorithmHohmann transfer Δ 𝑉 𝑇 Δ 𝑉 H T
( 𝑟 𝑜 = 1 ) Δ 𝑉 1 Δ 𝑉 2 Δ 𝑉 3 Δ 𝑉 4 Δ 𝑉 𝑇 = 4 𝑖 = 1 Δ 𝑉 𝑖 Δ 𝑉 H T = 2 𝑖 = 1 Δ 𝑉 𝑖

1 𝑟 𝑓 = 1 . 2 0.1044550.1189250.1592340.1549170.5375310.0870000.450500
2 𝑟 𝑓 = 1 . 5 0.0449870.1189960.1658930.1895940.5194690.1816000.337900
3 𝑟 𝑓 = 1 . 6 0.0286210.1209390.1633490.2040230.5169320.2066000.310300
4 𝑟 𝑓 = 1 . 8 0.0000000.1314810.1692340.2257210.5264350.2493000.277100
5 𝑟 𝑓 = 1 . 9 0.0000000.1270470.1781110.2331800.5383380.2677000.270600
6 𝑟 𝑓 = 2 0.0081360.1172670.1856600.2427480.5538110.2845000.269300
7 𝑟 𝑓 = 2 . 5 0.1346210.0000000.2224160.2981300.6551670.3496000.205300
8 𝑟 𝑓 = 3 0.1712860.0000000.2428390.3692090.7833340.3938000.271100
9 𝑟 𝑓 = 5 0.1728640.3103220.0000000.4231500.9063360.4800000.426300
10 𝑟 𝑓 = 1 0 0.0046730.0000000.3724180.3115660.6886570.4993000.189400